Seems to me that just animating one o'them pinwheels would be sufficient.
Hm. Can't do better than the suggestion above for our Ancient Tentacled Friend, other than to suggest that we dye it green.
Zelda, I still owe you an avatar, and I haven't forgotten. It's taken a software upgrade, a massive reorganization of hundreds of files downloaded from teh intarweb, and countless hours of careful arrangement with lights and cameras... oh, wait, I haven't done that part yet. Damn term paper getting in the way of more important things!
Anyway, I have a concept and might be able to post it soon.